EditPoint.LessThan(TextPoint) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: EnvDTE

Assembly:: EnvDTE.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

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Returns whether the value of the called EditPoint object's AbsoluteCharOffset is less than that of the given TextPoint object.

public:
 bool LessThan(EnvDTE::TextPoint ^ Point);

public:
 bool LessThan(EnvDTE::TextPoint ^ Point);

bool LessThan(EnvDTE::TextPoint const & Point);

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(32)]
public bool LessThan (EnvDTE.TextPoint Point);

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(32)>]
abstract member LessThan : EnvDTE.TextPoint -> bool

Public Function LessThan (Point As TextPoint) As Boolean

Parameters

Point: TextPoint

Required. A TextPoint to compare to the calling point object.

Returns

Boolean

A Boolean value indicating true if Point has a greater AbsoluteCharOffset property value compared to the calling point object's AbsoluteCharOffset property.

Implements

LessThan(TextPoint)

Attributes: DispIdAttribute

Examples

Sub LessThanExample(ByVal dte As DTE)  

    ' Create a new text file.  
    dte.ItemOperations.NewFile()  
    Dim txtDoc As TextDocument = _  
        CType(dte.ActiveDocument.Object(), TextDocument)  

    ' Create an edit point at the empty text document's StartPoint   
    ' and EndPoint; CompareEditPoints displays "point1 and point2  
    ' occupy the same location."  
    Dim point1 As EditPoint = txtDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint()  
    Dim point2 As EditPoint = txtDoc.EndPoint.CreateEditPoint()  
    CompareEditPoints(point1, point2)  

    ' Insert ten lines of text.  
    Dim i As Integer  
    For i = 1 To 10  
        point1.Insert("Line " & i.ToString() & vbCrLf)  
    Next  

    ' Create an edit point at the text document's StartPoint and   
    ' EndPoint; CompareEditPoints displays "point1 comes before point2."  
    point1 = txtDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint()  
    point2 = txtDoc.EndPoint.CreateEditPoint()  
    CompareEditPoints(point1, point2)  

End Sub  

Sub CompareEditPoints(ByVal point1 As EditPoint, _  
    ByVal point2 As EditPoint)  

    If point1.LessThan(point2) Then  
        MsgBox("point1 comes before point2.")  
    ElseIf point1.GreaterThan(point2) Then  
        MsgBox("point2 comes before point1.")  
    ElseIf (point1.EqualTo(point2)) Then  
        MsgBox("point1 and point2 occupy the same location.")  
    End If  

End Sub

void LessThanExample(DTE dte)  
{  
    // Create a new text file.  
    dte.ItemOperations.NewFile(@"General\Text File", "",   
        Constants.vsViewKindPrimary);  
    TextDocument txtDoc =   
        (TextDocument)dte.ActiveDocument.Object("");  

    // Create an edit point at the empty text document's StartPoint   
    // and EndPoint; CompareEditPoints displays "point1 and point2  
    // occupy the same location."  
    EditPoint point1 = txtDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint();  
    EditPoint point2 = txtDoc.EndPoint.CreateEditPoint();  
    CompareEditPoints(point1, point2);  

    // Insert ten lines of text.  
    for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++)  
    {  
        point1.Insert("Line " + i.ToString() + Environment.NewLine);  
    }  

    // Create an edit point at the text document's StartPoint and   
    // EndPoint; CompareEditPoints displays "point1 comes before point2."  
    point1 = txtDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint();  
    point2 = txtDoc.EndPoint.CreateEditPoint();  
    CompareEditPoints(point1, point2);  
}  

void CompareEditPoints(EditPoint point1, EditPoint point2)  
{  
    if (point1.LessThan(point2))  
        MessageBox.Show("point1 comes before point2.");  
    else if (point1.GreaterThan(point2))  
        MessageBox.Show("point2 comes before point1.");  
    else if (point1.EqualTo(point2))  
        MessageBox.Show("point1 and point2 occupy the same location.");  
}

Remarks

LessThan throws a ArgumentException if Point is not in the same document as the calling point object. With the VirtualPoint object, LessThan compares the virtual positions if the argument is a VirtualPoint. Otherwise, it compares the "physical" positions.

Applies to